17th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party

The 17th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), formally the Political Bureau of the 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, was elected at the 1st Plenary Session of the 17th Central Committee of the CCP on 22 October 2007 in the aftermath of the 17th National Congress. This electoral term was preceded by the 16th Politburo and succeeded by the 18th. Of the 25 members, nine served in the 17th Politburo Standing Committee.

Bo Xilai was expelled from the 17th Politburo and the CCP during this electoral term, while three others (Xu Caihou, Zhou Yongkang, and Guo Boxiong) were expelled from the CCP during the 18th tenure for charges of political corruption during this electoral term.

Composition

Members of the Political Bureau of the 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
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Name	Hanzi	16th POL	18th POL	Birth	PM	Birthplace	Academic attainment	Ethnicity	Gender	No. of offices	Ref.
Bo Xilai	薄熙来	New	Expelled	1949	1980	Beijing	Graduate Master's degree in journalism Bachelor's degree in world history	Han	Male	One Party office Secretary, Chongqing Municipal Committee	^[2]
Guo Boxiong	郭伯雄	Old	Not	1942	1961	Shaanxi	Not made public Attained a degree in military science	Han	Male	One Military office Vice Chairman, Central Military Commission	^[3]
He Guoqiang	贺国强	Old	Not	1943	1966	Hunan	Graduate Master's degree in chemical engineering	Han	Male	Two Party offices Secretary, Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection Head, Central Leading Group for Inspection Work	^[4]
Hu Jintao	胡锦涛	Old	Not	1942	1964	Jiangsu	Graduate Master's degree in hydraulic engineering	Han	Male	Five Party offices General Secretary, Central Committee Head, Central Leading Group for Taiwan Affairs of the Central Committee Head, Central Leading Group for Financial and Economic Work of the Central Committee Head, Central Leading Group for Network Security and Information Technology of the Central Committee Military offices Chairman, Central Military Commission President of the People's Republic of China	^[5]
Hui Liangyu	回良玉	Old	Not	1944	1969	Jilin	Undergraduate Undergraduate degree in economics	Hui	Male	One State office Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China	^[6]
Jia Qinglin	贾庆林	Old	Not	1940	1959	Hebei	Graduate Master's degree in engineering of electric motor and appliance design and manufacture	Han	Male	One Organisational office Chairman, National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference	^[7]
Li Changchun	李长春	Old	Not	1944	1965	Liaoning	Graduate Master's degree in industrial enterprise automation engineering	Han	Male	Two Party office Chairman, Central Guidance Commission on Building Spiritual Civilization	^[8]
Li Keqiang	李克强	New	Reelected	1955	1974	Hefei	Graduate Doctoral degree in Marxist legal studies Undergraduate degree in chemical engineering	Han	Male	One State office First-ranked Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China	^[9]
Li Yuanchao	李源潮	New	Reelected	1950	1978	Jiangsu	Graduate Doctoral degree in Marxist legal studies Master's degree in mathematics Master's degree in management science Graduate programme in scientific socialism	Han	Male	One Party office Head, Organization Department of the Central Committee	^[10]
Liu Qi	刘淇	Old	Not	1942	1975	Jiangsu	Graduate Graduate degree in iron-smelting	Han	Male	One State office Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China	^[11]
Liu Yandong	刘延东	New	Reelected	1945	1964	Jiangsu	Graduate Master's degree in sociology	Han	Female	One State office State Councillor of the People's Republic of China	^[12]
Liu Yunshan	刘云山	Old	Reelected	1947	1971	Shanxi	Not made public Was given a university education at the Central Party School	Han	Male	One Party office Head, Publicity Department of the Central Committee	^[13]
Wang Gang	王刚	Alternate	Not	1942	1971	Jilin	Undergraduate Undergraduate degree in philosophy	Han	Male	One Organisational office Vice Chairman, National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference	^[14]
Wang Lequan	王乐泉	Old	Not	1944	1966	Shandong	Graduate Doctoral degree, but unknown in which subject.	Han	Male	Two Party offices Deputy Secretary, Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Central Committee Secretary, Xinjiang Provincial Party Committee	^[15]
Wang Qishan	王岐山	New	Reelected	1948	1983	Shanxi	Undergraduate Undergraduate degree in history	Han	Male	One State office Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China	^[16]
Wang Yang	汪洋	New	Reelected	1955	1975	Anhui	Graduate Master's degree in management science Bachelor's degree in public administration Programme in political economy	Han	Male	One Party office Secretary, Guangdong Provincial Committee	^[17]
Wang Zhaoguo	王兆国	Old	Not	1941	1965	Hebei	Graduate Master's degree in engineering.	Han	Male	Two Organisational office Chairman, Central Committee of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions State office Vice Chairman, Standing Committee of the National People's Congress	^[18]
Wen Jiabao	温家宝	Old	Not	1942	1965	Tianjin	Graduate Doctoral degree in geological survey Bachelor's degree in structural geology	Han	Male	One State office Premier of the People's Republic of China	^[19]
Wu Bangguo	吴邦国	Old	Not	1941	1964	Anhui	Graduate Master's degree in engineering	Han	Male	One State office Chairman, Standing Committee of the National People's Congress	^[20]
Xi Jinping	习近平	New	Reelected	1953	1974	Beijing	Graduate Doctoral degree in Marxist legal studies Undergraduate degree in chemical engineering	Han	Male	Four Party offices First-ranked secretary, Central Committee Secretariat President, Central Party School of the Central Committee Military office Vice Chairman, Central Military Commission State offices Vice President of the People's Republic of China	^[21]
Xu Caihou	徐才厚	New	Not	1943	1971	Hebei	Not made public Attained a degree in military engineering	Han	Male	One Military office Vice Chairman, Central Military Commission	^[22]
Yu Zhengsheng	俞正声	Old	Reelected	1945	1964	Zhejiang	Graduate Graduate programme in Missile engineering	Han	Male	Two Organisational office Chairman, National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Chairman, China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification	^[23]
Zhang Dejiang	张德江	Old	Reelected	1946	1971	Liaoning	Graduate Graduate programme in world economics Undergraduate degree in Korean	Han	Male	Two Party office Secretary, Chongqing Municipal Committee State office Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China	^[24]
Zhang Gaoli	张高丽	New	Reelected	1946	1973	Fujian	Graduate Graduate programme in economics	Han	Male	One Party office Secretary, Tianjin Municipal Committee	^[25]
Zhou Yongkang	周永康	Old	Not	1942	1964	Jiangsu	Graduate Master's degree in geophysical survey and exploration	Han	Male	One Party office Secretary, Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission	^[26]

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